Sentences with phrase «giving the state veto»

At the same time, they are also trying to beat back a property tax cap for the city — supported by Republicans in the State Senate — and to thwart a proposal that would give the state veto power over housing projects in the city that use tax - exempt federal bonds.

A controversial provision that would have given the state veto power over certain New York City affordable housing projects was nixed during budget discussions.

The panel advised giving the state veto power over board decisions.

The procedure in the US Senate gave the Senators from a given state veto over an appointee to the bench (the so - called blue slip).

Not exact matches

The deal would maintain the government's so - called golden share in Embraer, a former state enterprise, giving it veto power over certain strategic decisions, including Boeing's current push for a tie - up.

Conservative eurosceptic MP Bernard Jenkin gives his take on the changed state of play over Europe after last week's British veto, on the Today programme:

In 2012, the state elected a Republican Governor (Pat McCrory) and Lieutenant Governor (Dan Forest) for the first time in more than two decades, while also giving the Republicans veto - proof majorities in both the State House of Representatives and the State Sestate elected a Republican Governor (Pat McCrory) and Lieutenant Governor (Dan Forest) for the first time in more than two decades, while also giving the Republicans veto - proof majorities in both the State House of Representatives and the State SeState House of Representatives and the State SeState Senate.

He also wants to give the Empire State Development corporation that he controls veto authority over many of these projects.

Senate Republicans granted at least one of the de Blasio administration's wishes: it joined with Assembly Democrats in rejecting a Cuomo proposal to subject bonds for housing to approval by the state's Public Authorities Control Board, a maneuver that would have given Albany veto power over a significant slice of the city's housing program.

Miner joined the coalition for a news conference at the City of Syracuse Department of Public Works on Nov. 18 and called on both Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York Legislature to increase spending in the NYSDOT, and to veto any legislation that does not give equally to all parts of the state.

While the city's request has been winding its way through the regulatory pipeline for a number of years, the governor's office has given no indication regarding his intentions in terms of whether or not, as one of eight Great Lake states governors with veto power over the proposal, he will vote to approve the unprecedented water diversion.

New York Democrats are turning on the Obama administration for refusing to veto a resolution condemning Israel at the UN and then giving Secretary of State John Kerry free rein to attack the Jewish sState John Kerry free rein to attack the Jewish statestate.

A bill vetoed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo this month would have given Madison County some of the cash the Oneida Indian nation pays to state as part of a compact that's been in place between the state and the nation since 2013.

To the relief of New York City officials, the budget did not include Mr. Cuomo's proposal to give a state agency veto power over individual affordable housing projects paid for with federal tax - exempt bonds the state gives to municipalities.

Although Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed legislation removing a requirement that MWBE owners have a personal net worth of less than $ 3.5 million to receive state certification, he signed a bill enabling the city to give out as much as $ 150,000 to MWBEs without a competitive bidding process.

If the institutions of the EU will resist proposals to give veto rights to national parliaments, member states such as the Netherlands and Denmark will support other forms of involvement.

He also criticized the governor yesterday for vetoing a bill that would have given a commuter pass to Syracuse drivers on the New York State Thruway.

The State - appointed fiscal monitor of the East Ramapo school district wants a legislative intervention that would give an appointee veto power over the board's «bad decisions.»

Members of the New York State Assembly and Senate, joined by parents and members of the city's Community Education Councils, on Feb. 28 announced their support for proposed legislation that would give the local councils veto power over proposed school co-locations in their districts.

Trying to save face and still limit the reach of the voucher program, Holder and DOJ asked federal district judge Ivan Lemelle to force the state to provide data on the students receiving vouchers and to give DOJ authority to veto vouchers for particular students.

Even after an amendment gave local school boards greater veto power, the bill died on a tie vote in the State Senate for the second straight year.

In another veto, Walker cut language that he says would codify criteria for state tests given to public school students.

The state Senate voted 23 to 15 late Wednesday afternoon to allow charter schools and sent the measure to the House, which gave House Bill 520 final approval on a 53 - 43 vote and sent it to Gov. Matt Bevin to sign into law or veto.

Other instances — an interview in Dec 2005 that I'd agreed to with CNN on the temperature records that was cancelled by Public Affairs with a untrue excuse that no - one was available, the imposition of «minders» for all our phone interviews at GISS during 2005, a veto from the State dept. of an interview I was giving to a South American trade magazine -LRB-!)

There was no clear path to establishing such a protocol, although those at the meeting appeared to agree that the United Nations Security Council, in its current form at least, would never be the vehicle given the veto power of states dead - set against anything resembling outside interference in internal affairs.

The coal industry and the state of West Virginia challenged the veto, asserting that EPA could only block a permit before issuance — even though the law specifically gives the EPA the authority to veto a mining waste discharge «whenever» it would have adverse environmental impact.

This has the effect of giving each Member State a de facto veto over the withdrawal negotiations by refusing to consent to the European Council's decision establishing negotiation guidelines.

Given that the withdrawal agreement itself shall be concluded following the consent of the European Parliament and a Qualified Majority Vote in the Council, might the need to firstly agree upon guidelines in the European Council provide the only formal veto point for individual member states in the process?

As a final comment, notwithstanding the error noted by the Court of Appeal («In the normal course, someone on the acquisition team would have been assigned responsibility for determining whether financial instruments that gave a lender the right to veto a change - of - control existed and, if there were, communicating with the lender to ascertain its position»)(see para. 22, FN 18), the Court acknowledged counsel's «excellent» oral and written submissions on appeal — even stating that the interests of the parties «could not have been better served».